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Focal therapy trials

Men with localised prostate cancer have traditionally required whole gland treatment involving radical prostatectomy or radical radiation treatment, independent of disease location and size. Increasing evidence supports the use of active treatment only in those men diagnosed with prostate cancer...

Retroperitoneal fibrosis

Introduction Retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF) is a condition that occurs when extensive fibrosis develops in the retroperitoneum, usually centred over the anterior aspect of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae. The fibrotic tissue typically surrounds the infrarenal aorta, inferior vena cava...

Post radical nephrectomy presenting with skull metastasis

We present the case of an 83-year-old female who underwent right radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Despite negative surgical margins, the patient presented with a skull metastasis six years post radical nephrectomy. This case highlights the importance of...

Updated guide on integrated paediatric continence services to significantly improve children’s lives and save NHS cost

The Paediatric Continence Forum has recently launched its updated Guide on how to commission and run integrated, nurse-led, community-based paediatric bladder and bowel (continence) services. These are clinically effective, improve the lives of children and their families and generate significant...

Inguinal vs. scrotal orchidopexy

Undescended testes occur in 1-3% of newborns; the prevalence is even higher in premature babies. Traditionally the surgical approach has been inguinal orchidopexy, involving two incisions – inguinal and scrotal. In 1989, Bianchi and Squire proposed single scrotal incision orchidopexy...

Consent: your obligations in the modern, post-Montgomery era

There has been so much recent discussion and so much emphasis placed on the fundamental right that we all have to determine what is or is not done to us, the right to self-determination, that it would be either a...

Feeling like a fraud — imposter syndrome: what it is and what to do about it

Have you ever been plagued by feelings of incompetence despite evidence to the contrary, then this article is for you. Dr Dunay Schmulian provides insight into imposter syndrome and what to do about it. Excerpt 1 Consultant:That was excellent, and...

SMILE: sustaining medical education in a lockdown environment

2020 posed challenges to medical education like never seen before. In an effort to contain and slow the spread of coronavirus all UK medical schools ceased or reduced face-to-face contact. This sudden, and for many, unexpected change resulted in pressures...

Prostatic fruit

In this series of articles, I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). The topic for this month’s article was stimulated by two recent occurrences. The...

medac Pharma launch education platform, medac Academy

medac Pharma have launched a new digital education platform for UK healthcare professionals, medac Academy.

The Urology Foundation are looking for a new chair for the Science and Education Committee

An opportunity has arisen for you to bring your expertise to chair the highly regarded Science and Education Committee (SEC) of The Urology Foundation.

Vitamin D and LUTS

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and vitamin D deficiency have been thought to be connected, but the association has been inconsistent. Vitamin D receptors have been identified in the bladder, prostate and pelvic floor muscles, and it has been linked...